Charles



G. O. BUBLL.

[No Model.)

HOOK.

No. 401.683.: Patented Apr. 16, 1889.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES C. BUELL, OF NElV HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 401,683, dated April16, 1889.

Application filed January 7, 1889. erial No. 295,602. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES O. BUELL, of New Haven, in the county of NewHaven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Coatand Hat Hooks; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken inconnection with accompanying drawings and the letters of referencemarked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, andrepresent, in-

Figure 1, a side view of the hook complete; Fig. 2, a top view of thesame; Fig. 3, a front view of the same; Fig. 4, a perspective view ofthe wire as bent to form the two hooks and the uprights; Fig. 5, theblank for the base; Fig. 6, a transverse section cutting through thebase, showing it as closed upon the two uprights; Fig. 7, amodification.

This invention relates to an improvement in the construction of thatclass of hooks for hanging wearing-apparel in which two hooks arecombined on a single base one above the otherthe upper or longer one asa hat-hook and the lower or shorter one as a coat-hookand particularlyto that class of such hooks which are made from wire, the object being asimple construction which shall present an extended base by which thehook may be secured and supported; and it consists in the constructionas hereinafter described, and particularly recited in the claim.

The two hooks A B and the body of the hook are inade from a single pieceof wire. The wire is doubled to form the hook A, and so as to form twobranches a a, (see Fig. 4,) which diverge from the end of the hook. Asecond similar double is made to form the hook B, producing twobranches, 1) I), also diverging from the end of the hook, the wire whichforms the two hooks being continued on one side to form an upright, C,and the two ends brought together to form the other upright, D, and sothat the two ends meet in the said upright D. These uprights C D aredistant from each other, and preferably parallel.

The base E of the hook is made from a piece of sheet metal (see Fig. 5)of a width so much greater than the space between the two uprights C Das to permit the two edges of the metal to be closed around the twouprights C D. This base is pierced at one or more places, d, for theinsertion of screws. The blank for the base is laid across the back ofthe uprights C D, as indicated in broken lines, Fig. 6, and then the twoedges are closed around the two uprights C D, so as to interlock withthe two and leave the fiat portion of the base between the two uprights,and through which screws may be inserted as a means for securing thehook. The base may be made with a single screw-hole, (Z, as seen in Fig.7, and a spur, 6, cut and turned from the metal, which, being driven inwhen the hook. is secured, prevents the rotation of the hook upon thescrew and takes the place of the second screw. Under this constructionthe base presents an extended flat surface, so that when secured thehook is firmly supported. The closing of one edge of the base around thedivided upright D serves as a secure union for the meeting ends of thewire.

I am aware that coat and hat hooks bent from a single piece of wire toform both hooks, combined with a metal base set around the body betweenthe two hooks as a means for securing the hook, is a common andwellknown construction, and therefore do not claim, broadly, such ahook.

I claim The herein-described coat and hat hook, made from a single pieceof wire bent to form two parallel uprights, D C, the said uprightsturned outward at their upper ends to form two converging branches, ona, the said branches coming together at their outer end, and turnedupward to form the hook A, the lower ends of the uprights turnedoutward, forming two converging branches, 1) b, united at their outerends and turned upward to form the coathook B, combined with asheetnnetal base, E, its two ends closed around the respective uprightsC D, and so as to form a web-like connection between the said twouprights, and pierced between the said uprights as a means for securingthe hook, substantially as described.

CHARLES O. BUELL.

lVitnesses:

F RED C. EARLE, J SHUMWAY.

